yeah it was the pride of the fleet, a boutique heli made by Henseleit in germany, 12S, 4hp, CF everywhere, 20lbs with camera, self-leveling like today's quads...it just was too big. i realized that cameras were getting smaller, lighter and better and one day these 4 prop thingies would get footage just as good (actually, better).

i miss doing autorotations, but i don't miss the repair bills lol

back on topic...
PH was supposedly just weeks away from releasing the gimbal right? I wonder what happened.

I was going to attempt installing it tomorrow when I came across this video and thread. Is there any advantage or reason to install your kit now with this new DD system coming out or does the DD make it obsolete? If so, can I return for a refund?

Amazing performance for that gimbal! I've got the AD8HL w/AV200 and this is way better than the results I currently get. I'm assuming no post stabilization in this video, right? Other than replacing the servos, what other mods are required on my machine to do this upgrade? Any updated news on pricing and availablity?

A series of emails I thought that you guys might find interesting::=
Hi Jonathan,

The AV200Dd is in the final stages of development – we have received all our customer motors from Maxon yesterday so thing are starting to move quite quickly now. The only big thing we are waiting on are the driver boards which we are still developing these will hopefully be complete by the end of this month and we are planning the first big production run in October if all goes to plan.

I know it has taken us a lot longer than I had originally indicated but initially we were under resourced this is all sorted now and we are back in to full development.

Regards,

Kimberley Attwell
CEO

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Hi Jonathan,

Not 100% confirmed yet but I think it will be somewhere between 2000-3000 NZ$; there are a lot of factors to consider such as demand; if we can get the volume up then it will reduce our manufacturing costs. We want to be as competitive as possible without compromising our design or quality.

Regards,

Kimberley Attwell

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So may be done in Oct/Nov and at 1600-2600 USD, that's a lot more affordable than the zenmuse (+ more camera options!). Excited to see more videos out of these gimbals